Blade is a girl with a hard life: abusive dad, abusive brother, and a fragile mother. She's an average girl with more struggles than an average loser: she's been abused, bullied, harassed, and more. But then Blade meets black veil brides at her job: sea world. What happens later on in their future? •.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.• "Blade," he calls, and I look at him. "Life gives you enough scars, you don't need to manufacture your own," he tells me gently, and tears well up in my eyes. I nod, and he halts, drawing me into his arms.

Alan thinks he's going to be spending all summer on his own, until his older brother's friend, Austin, finds a way into his life. Together, they begin a series of secret trips at night, when neither can sleep.